More than 80 reported abducted in Nigeria as police find human remains
Farmers and women have been abducted in Nigeria's northern Niger and Zamfara states, with more than 80 people reported taken, while police uncovered human remains at suspected gang camps.
A fresh mass abduction has struck northern Nigeria, with more than 80 people — including farmers and women — reported taken in the neighboring states of Niger and Zamfara. Both states lie in a part of the country that has long struggled with armed gangs preying on rural communities.
Remains found at gang camps
Alongside the abductions, police carried out operations at locations suspected of being used as camps by criminal gangs. During these raids, officers discovered human remains, pointing to earlier acts of violence having taken place at the sites.
The reported scale of the abductions — more than 80 people — underscores the severity of the latest security incident in a region where farmers and women are frequently targeted while working in fields or traveling between villages. The exact circumstances of the abductions, along with the current whereabouts and condition of those taken, were not detailed in the available report.
The incident adds to a long pattern of similar attacks across northern Nigeria, where armed groups have for years posed a serious threat to rural populations. Local authorities are continuing to investigate both the abductions and the discovery of the remains, seeking to determine the scale of the gang camps' activity and the identities of those involved.
